Happy Monday.
Hope you had a good weekend. Now that Easter is over, it’s time to move on to
new crafts to create. Out with the Easter eggs, and onto these adorable clay
animals. How cute are these animals? You can’t help but smile when you look at
them. Sherrie Ragsdale designed these animals, and she use FolkArt paint. See
below for all the supplies you will need, and instructions.
PLAID Supplies
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FolkArt ® Texture
Paint - White, 4 oz.
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FolkArt ® Acrylic
Colors - Terra Cotta, 2 oz.
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FolkArt ® Artists
Pigments™ - Pure Orange, 2 oz.
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FolkArt ® Acrylic
Colors - Lemon Custard, 2 oz.
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FolkArt ® Acrylic
Colors - School Bus Yellow, 2 oz.
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FolkArt ® Acrylic
Colors - Maple Syrup, 2 oz.
Other Supplies
Two 2 3/4" clay pots, Orange felt, Brown felt, Yellow felt, Black Stiff
felt, 8mm wiggle eyes, Two 1 3/4" wooden knobs, Extra fine Permanent,
black marker, Glue, Toothpick, Popsicle sticks, Scissors, 1/4" hole punch,
1/2" flat brush, and a Small round brush
Instructions
1.
Glue the wooden knobs
to the bottom of the clay pots. For the bear, apply the textured paint the to
entire body of bear. Fill in the neck with the textured paint. Make a bump on
the face where the nose and mouth will go. Allow to dry. For the lion, add the
textured paint around the lions face and the back of lions head as shown in
photo. Allow to dry.
2.
Paint the bear with
Maple Syrup and the lion with School Bus Yellow. Allow to dry. Paint the lion's
mane Pure Orange and the bears face with Terra Cotta.
3.
Paint a oval shape on
the lions face using Lemon Custard for his mouth. Allow to dry. Make the nose
from the stiff black felt using the hole punch. Glue on noses and eyes. Using
the black marker, draw on mouths.
4.
Cut out two ears
1/2" horseshoe shapes from the brown felt for the bears ears and do the
same for the lion but out of yellow felt. Add some glue at the bottom of the U
shape and fold over. Glue to the tops of the their heads. You may need trim a
little.
5.
Cut two 3" x
5" pieces from the brown felt and the two from the yellow felt. For the
yellow felt add four strips of orange felt 1/2" x 5 long and glue to the
edges of the yellow felt pieces. Roll up all pieces to form arms and legs. Once
rolled up glue the edges. Cut each piece in half. Glue on the arms and legs.